Quebec City Winter Carnaval

Here we are in the home of Bonhomme Carnaval (The Carnival Snowman)....Quebec City! What a gorgeous city and a such a fun festival! We spent 3 days exploring Old Quebec City and enjoying the annual Winter Carnaval....and yes, we actually got to meet Bonhomme himself! Highlights were: The outdoor dance party infront of Bonhomme's ice-castle, the Bain de Neige (crazy people dancing around outside in their swimsuits in a snow bath...madness), shot glasses made of ice!, the parade, the snow raft ride, pouring maple syrup in the snow and eating it, yummy food and wine, the performances, free hot chocolate and croissants, the beautiful streets and buildings of Quebec City....and of course meeting Bonhomme! The photos show all. Hugs!

The Snow Bath!

The Beautiful Streets of Old Quebec City

The Ice-Shot-Glass bar

This is crazy!

Snow dipped Maple Syrup

Funky Bonhomme dances it up!

Snow rafting

A bar made of ice!

Winterlude, Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa has the World's longest naturally freezing ice-rink....in the form of a canal! It's so cool! You can skate down the whole thing which starts at a lake and ends in the city centre. This canal ice-rink skating is one of the big parts of Ottawa's Winter Festival, Winterlude. It's held every year in February, and helps people get through the freezing cold winter. There's some cool things to see and do.It's just starting to get a bit warmer now....warmer being around -2 or so. Aaaaaargh! Here are some pictures of the Winterlude Festival...enjoy!

Skating on the Canal!

Soo & I

True food of the Canadians!

Derek with the ice-sculptures

On the canal